Example sentences of "[was/were] so [adj] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How can you now suddenly decide that this is the truth when you were so convinced before that I was guilty of every form of unscrupulous dealing possible ? ’ |
| 2 | The huge drops were so close together that they reflected the light , and the rain billowed and rippled like a silver-white curtain . |
| 3 | Isaac was old and his eyes were so dim so that he could not see ’ ( 27.1 ) . |
| 4 | Her voice was so dry now that sometimes Kit fancied he heard her when he could not , in the scraping of the boughs of trees , the footfalls in the dusty earth . |
| 5 | Indeed , the boom in architecture and property development was so great precisely because nothing whatever diverted the flow of capital from what The Builder in 1848 called ‘ one half of the world … on the lookout for investment ’ to ‘ the other half continually in search of eligible family residences ’ into serving the urban poor , who clearly did not belong in the world at all . |
| 6 | This feeling was so strong there that he almost expected to see Linkworth standing there , watching him . |
| 7 | Breeze was so hot already that she could n't blush any more , but her eyes flashed as she faced the witch , and shook her head . |
| 8 | Everyone was so tired out that we were all falling asleep on the way home . |
| 9 | A majority of the United Kingdom workforce decided against strike action and the mood of the Glasgow workers was so clear yesterday that a vote did not have to be taken . |
| 10 | The rain was so heavy now that he was unable to see the expression on her face . |
| 11 | It was so dodgy though cos all the black kids you know and they were going no man you 're alright in the corner like being left alone |
| 12 | She was so tense now that her muscles were beginning to quiver . |